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iifeful wrapper for jars oj- pots oifrejh butter, fent to any place remote 

 from that where it is manufadured; as from Pedro's Cockpits to Spa- 

 nifli Town or Kingfton. 



220. TurtleGrass. — Alga foUis angujlh fere Unearibus. 



This plant grows in moft of the fandy fiiallow bays round the iiland, 

 and is the favourite food of the manatee and turtle. 



221. Larger Tt/rtle Grass, with Fleshy Roots. — Alga fo- 



liis planh angujlis, radice nlbd geniculate.. 



Is found in the fame places, and ferves the fame purpofes as the 

 foregoing. 



222. P0RGING Sea Bind-Weed, or Scammony. ■ — Convolvulus 

 maritimuSifoliis nitidis, fubrotundis emarginat'ts, Gfc. Br. p. 153. 



223. Christmas Gambol. — Convolvulus Polianthos glaber 

 undique repens. Br.- p. 153. 



The firll: fpecies grows generally near the fea, and is very common, 

 in many parts of the ifland ; it creeps a confiderable way, and throws 

 out fome fhort foliated branches from fpace to fpace as it runs ; the 

 leaves are beautifully veined. The root is a ftrong purgative, and 

 fometimes fuccefsfully u fed in dropfical cafes. The whole plant is full 

 of a milky juice. 



The fecond is common about Spanifh Town, fpreads very thick 

 about all the buflies near it ; blooms about Chriftmas, and bears a great 

 number of white fragrant flowers. All the parts of the plant are 

 fmooth. 



The milky juice of both thefe plants, boiled to a confiflcnce, makes 

 Vi-fcammony, proper for the fhops. The beft fort is light, greyifh, ten- 

 der, and brittle, of a bitter tafte, but flightly pungent, and faint un- 

 pleafant fniell. 



224. Broom Weed. — Corcta folils minoribiis ovatis. 



This plant is extremely common. It grows in dry Tandy places, 

 fcldom rifing above two feet and an half from the root, and Is converted 

 by the Negroes into beefoms. 



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